Me, Myself and Him (a gravity falls fanfiction)

A Risk

That morning I woke up early. Glancing at Dipper's bed. He was asleep again. He had slept all afternoon yesterday, and I had woken up at midnight to catch him finishing off his magic regeneration thingy. But then as soon as that happened all he did was stumble to his bed and fall asleep again. I began to get worried. If he was so tired after using all that magic then wouldn't the regeneration spell make him better?

And so I walked down to breakfast by myself. But then when I reached the Living room I heard Stan and Ford talking loudly and angrily. I paused. Then sneakily peeked out from behind the doorway. My two favourite Great Uncles were standing there. On the round table was a pile of metal sciency bits and pieces for nerds. I thought it was weird. But then I heard what they were arguing about and I felt the colour drain from my face.

"You can't do it Ford! You heard what he said- it could kill Dipper!" Stan said angrily.

"Splitting them isn't as hard as Bill made it seem, Stanley!"

"I don't care! All that talk about splitting souls freaked me out, I'm not going to support this!"

"It's just Bill trying to make us believe he knows what he's talking about!"

"Ford. I get that he's the demon who tried to destroy the entire world but come on! This is ridiculous!"

"Aren't you scared Stanley?" Ford snapped. Slamming his hand on the table, "we have let Bill into our house with his own vessel! He could kill us all!"

"Dipper wouldn't let him!"

"We don't even know if Dipper really is there! I've been tricked by Bill before and I am not going to let him do it again!"

"That's a lie and you know it Ford! If it really is Bill tricking us then he would have done something by now!"

"Bill always has a plan. He's dangerous and if there is even the slightest chance we can save Dipper from him I will take it!"

"Don't be stupid! Dipper spent eight months hiding from his own family for this exact reason! He's just a scared kid and we are not going to kill him by trying to split his soul apart!"

"I've gone over the numbers countless times Stanley! If I just tweaked the purpose of the remains of the portal it could work!"

"And if it doesn't then it will kill my Nephew!"

"It's a risk I'm willing to take!"

Stan took a step back. I stifled a gasp. "...A risk you're willing to take?" He repeated.

"I don't know them as well as you do Stan. The word Family doesn't mean as much to me as to you. We thought Dipper was dead for a year. And now he's being possessed by Bill. I am willing to make the impossible decision. I am willing to risk this because even if Dipper dies then we won't have lost anything!"

Stan just stared at his brother. "What... What happened to you? You want to risk your nephew's life just because we thought he was dead in the first place? What, do you think we're just going to go back to the way things were if he dies? Do you think Mabel is going to just forget?"

Ford grit his teeth. "I am not going to risk all of our lives for Bill!"

Ford tried to walk past Stan but he grabbed his arm and held it. Stopping him. "You look at Dipper and all you see is Bill." Stan said. He looked up darkly at Ford, "I'm not doing this for me or for Dipper. I'm doing this for Mabel. She was never the same after he disappeared. She was always sad. Always crying. I thought that this summer she would be better but no. She was so lonely. Didn't you see it? The way she was so depressed? So broken? That's not who she is, Ford. And then, a miracle happened and her brother came back to her. Her dead brother came back. How many people can say that? And now... Now she's back to the way she was. And now you want to risk all of that and more just to get rid of a demon who isn't even a real threat anymore?"

Ford just looked at Stan. He wasn't scowling anymore. His face betrayed no emotions at all. He shook off Stan's hand and made to walk away. He had barely gotten three steps towards the hall when he spotted me. "...Mabel...?" He asked softly.

I blinked back tears that welled up against my will. I slowly, shakily took a step back. "...You're not going to take my brother away again..." I whispered. The entire events of the last year came flooding back. The alienation. The loneliness. The looks. The pity. The sadness. The whispers about the broken girl, the lost twin. I didn't want to go back to that. I didn't want to. I didn't want to. I didn't want to. I didn't...

I turned and ran back up the stairs. "Mabel! Wait!" Ford called up.

I didn't turn back. I bolted into our room and shut the door, locking it. Then I turned to Dipper. He was still asleep. I rushed to him and hugged him tight. With a start he woke up. "Wha-huh? Mabel?" He asked. I hugged him tighter.

"Don't ever leave me." I whimpered.

Dipper seemed frozen in place, and then hugged me back. "Don't worry. I'll never leave you again..."

And this time I knew it was Dipper. Not Bill.

Grunkle Ford banged on the door, making the both of us jump. "Mabel! Mabel open up!"

"Mabel what did you do?" Dipper asked.

"Take us away! Please! Teleport! Do something to get away!" I said, pulling away from him and holding him at arm's length. Looking into his eyes.

"Uh, I don't even know if I can..." Dipper did the pausing thing again. "Sure Shooting Star, whatever you wish." Bill said. And then he clicked his fingers and we were thrown into oblivion.

OK honestly? I started writing this a week ago and I dunno if it's just me or is this story going waaay to fast? Like I feel I should have added in the Agents earlier to work them better into the story. Like the way I've done it just makes it seem like a tag on idea I had for a cr*p*y ending. Which it wasn't! I have you know I was gonna involve the government one way or another in at least one of my Fanfics!

But anyway I guess it's too late now to change it so please accept my heartfelt apology for this sad little book. Peace out!